A New York University researcher was curious to know what went on behind him. So what did he do? He implanted a camera in his head.

I have one word for this. Wow.

Meet NYU artist Wafaa Bilal, the man with who had a surveillance camera implanted in the name of art. The project is called The 3rd I. A wire connects the camera to a computer, which is carried around in a special bag.

The titanium implant will record the world behind him, in one-minute intervals for a year. The project will be shown live at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar.

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